Timeline Assignment (1900-2000) By jp00 Sep 8, 1900 Galveston hurricane https://texasalmanac.com/topics/history/galvestons-response-hurricane-1900 Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brother's fly the first flight https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1903/ 1914 World War I starts https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history 1918 World War I ends https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history 1918 Influenza epidemic begins https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html 1920 Influenza epidemic ends https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html Aug 18, 1920 Women's suffrage (19th amendment) https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xix#:~:text=The%2019th%20Amendment%20gave%20women,Equality%20Day%20on%20August%2026th%E2%80%A6 1939 World War II starts https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history Dec 8, 1941 U.S. joins WWII 1945 World War II ends Nov 22, 1963 JFK assassinated in Dallas, Texas https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president Jul 20, 1969 First man on the moon by U.S. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html 2000 George W. Bush from Texas elected 43rd president